Carranza-Villalobos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SERGIO C., Case No.: 3:20-cv-02270-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

v. MOTION FOR THE AWARD AND

PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES

KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting

AND EXPENSES

Commissioner of Social Security,

[ECF No. 22] 16 Defendant. 17 Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion for the Award and Payment of Attorney Fees and Expenses Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act. ECF No. 22. For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS the parties’ joint motion. I. BACKGROUND The underlying action involves Plaintiff’s appeal of the Social Security Administration’s denial of his application for supplemental security income at the agency level. ECF No. 1. After the Commissioner of Social Security (“Defendant”) filed the administrative record in lieu of an answer, the Court issued a scheduling order. ECF No. 14. Among other requirements in the scheduling order, the Court directed the parties to engage…